Mark Hamill to retire as Joker after Arkham Asylum 2

As a HUGE Joker fan, this saddens me. In a recent interview with IGN UK, voice actor Mark Hamill revealed that he won’t be revisiting the role of Joker after the release of Batman: Arkham Asylum 2. At first, he was reluctant to do the voice work on the sequel, saying, “My answer to (Rocksteady) for the sequel was; “Guys, we’re never going to be able to top the original” and that he had intended to leave the role on “a high note” with his work on the original Batman: Arkham Asylum.

However, once Rocksteady told Mark Hamill of their intentions for the sequel he agreed to reprise the role. “This will be my last, there’s no question about that,” said Hamill, “but it’s the last hurrah”.

After all the years he has done voice work for the Joker, I can understand why he may want to move on. Still, it’s a shame to know there will be no more Joker after this. Sure, someone else will take on the roll, but for me I feel Hamill’s work suited the “Clown Prince of Crime” perfectly.

On a more positive note, Rocksteady must have something amazing instore for the next Arkham Asylum game to have convinced him to voice the Joker just one more time.

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Games with Avatar Awards

Xbox 360 avatar items do seem to be a bit of a waste of money. Sure, they’re fun, but you are essentially paying for something that doesn’t really exist. As soon as the next generation of consoles come out, your purchases are likely to be lost forever. With some avatar items also costing nearly as much as Xbox Live Arcade games, they are really only for those with a lot of disposable income.

So, we gladly welcome freebies! Xbox avatar items should all be free unlockables really, and it is great to see more games offering the chance to do this. I’ve compiled a list of all the current games that offer avatar unlockables, which are as follows:

‘Splosion ManAlan WakeBlurDarwinia+Dead to Rights: RetributionDoom II (2)Earthworm Jim HDHalo 3: ODSTHalo WaypointLazy RaidersLeft 4 Dead 2LipsMagic the Gathering: Duels of the PlaneswalkersMajor League Baseball 2K10Perfect DarkRed Dead RedemptionScrap MetalSnoopy Flying AceSouth Park: Let’s Go Tower Defence Play!Toy Soldiers

This list was last updated on the 12th June 2010.

Tags: Freebies, Tips, Xbox Live Avatars

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Red Dead Redemption Avatar Rewards

Since it’s release on the 21st of May I have been playing an awful lot of Red Dead Redemption. Whilst progressing through the game I managed to unlock a new avatar item. At the moment, unlocking most of these items remains unknown, but as I find new ones I will update this article.

Here is a list of Red Dead Redemption Avatar Rewards I have found out how to unlock so far:

Sombrero: Shoot someones hat offRed Dead Redemption shirt (red): Found in a trunk in Riley’s Charge cabinRockstar shirt (black): Found in trunk in attic of your final safehousePosse shirt: Rumoured to be unlocked via an upcoming Social Club challenge called “Strike It Rich”Gentleman’s Attire: Rumoured to be unlocked via upcoming Social Club challenge “Skin It to Win It”

If you have found any new Xbox 360 unlockable Avatar rewards in this game, please leave a comment below and I will update the list.

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360voice Job outage

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360voice Job outage

We are experiencing a major job delay due to a database outage that happened this weekend.  I am looking into the extent of the issue, but it may be a several days to get things back to normal.  It does not appear all  data was lost for gameplay, and we hope to back populate as jobs catch up and we come up with a decent recovery plan.  Although there is a chance blogs, challenges and related tasks will not be filled in for the missed days.

Will post more when I have it.

 UPDATE 13:51 EST - 2010-09-17:  Got the database recovered and running good again, had to do some work on the job server as  well.  Plan is to do the bulk of recovery work late Friday and Saturday night, into Sunday.  This weekend we should have new blogs going out by the end, and things pretty back to normal if all goes well.  Still looking into recovering blogs and data for the missing days.

 UPDATE 00:15 EST - 2010-09-20:  ARGH edition.  Things didn't go as planned this weekend.  Ran into some issues not related to the database.   So things do seem a bit cursed trying to get things back to normal, the systems aren't exactly cooperating.   The good news is, the pulls seem to be getting data each night, just everything else refuses to play nice.  I am tied up all day tomorrow launching another product, but will have an update for you all Tuesday.  Recovery is in sight, just not sure how far out yet, and how perfect it is.

UPDATE 08:12 EST - 2010-09-23:  Blogs have been published for a day or two now, and they should be back to the normal schedule.  Still working on cleaning up everything else, and looking into back populating blog possibly, however the time required might make it difficult

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Thanks for the update!!!!

Posted by:Frostbite |September 14, 2010 at 11:07 PM

The update on the front page is appreciated.

Posted by:splitwig75 |September 15, 2010 at 07:59 AM

good luck guys....

Posted by:fastharry |September 15, 2010 at 10:47 PM

Does this outage have anything to do with Halo: Reach?

Posted by:Dr Technique |September 16, 2010 at 12:57 AM

Sorry to hear that this is happening. Thanks for keeping us in the loop.

Posted by:Tristanp |September 16, 2010 at 12:44 PM

Any further update yet?

Posted by:Regelos |September 17, 2010 at 01:39 PM

Thank you we appreciate the update!

Posted by:LausDomini |September 17, 2010 at 04:27 PM

Good luck with getting everything back up and running again. Hopefully all of the recovery goes smoothly, I'm curious to see how many people have been playing Reach.

Posted by:ypod |September 17, 2010 at 05:21 PM

Thanks Steve... Appreciate all of the work you guys still put into this site!

Posted by:Fshguy |September 17, 2010 at 09:13 PM

thanks for sorting this out hopefully everything goes to plan thanks for telling us about.

Posted by:blue mist unit6 |September 18, 2010 at 06:15 AM

get trapper on it...

Posted by:fastharry |September 20, 2010 at 04:10 PM

So, Tuesday has come and gone again. Over here it's already Thursday! Not that I am sitting on the edge of my seat, but if you make a promise, you should try and keep it. Even if it is just a one-liner with "still working on it".

Hope you get it fixed and thank you for putting in the work. For what it is worth, I do appreciate this site.

Posted by:Jos |September 23, 2010 at 03:21 AM

yeah big d.

Posted by:justin charles |September 30, 2010 at 02:01 AM

Any word on the missed days? I'd really like to have them since as I am reading this correctly, they weren't lost, they just weren't posted. But I can understand if that's impossible to do.

Posted by:Dorian Grave |September 30, 2010 at 03:58 AM

Is this ever going to be fixed?

I'm stuck in a crappy auto challenge that won't finish and so i can't joing a challenge that i actually want to.

I even deleted my account and rejoined and i'm still stuck in the auto challenge and update would be nice even if it just removing auto challenges that should have expired.

Do you not care about the site, a broken site and no update for weeks isn't very good.

Posted by:Shite Auto Challenge |October 05, 2010 at 04:48 PM

I hear you - I don't particularly mind if the blogs aren't backfilled for that downtime. I'd just like my current autochallenge (due to end in -24 days time) to stop.

Posted by:Dale |October 08, 2010 at 12:02 PM

FUCK YOU 360voice

When True achievements was down it was updated on a regular basis and work was carried it out to fix it.

You haven't given any update since September.

Go Fuck Yourselves

Posted by:Shite Auto Challenge |October 08, 2010 at 01:51 PM

Appreciate you keeping us up to date on this...

Posted by:free xbox 360 |October 08, 2010 at 05:50 PM

Ok, so this site is officially dead.

Posted by:D Lincoln |October 09, 2010 at 12:22 PM

What is the deal guys.....I am not going to start dropping FBombs but I can see from your twitters that not ALL of you are totally busy.
PLEASE RESET THE CHALLENGES....

You have had long enough to fix the situation

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Remembering Angela Peterson, Gamer Chick

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Remembering Angela Peterson, Gamer Chick

360voice is proud to participate in a great fundraiser for Child's Play that commemorates Angela Peterson. Read below for information about how you can participate in person, or in a gamerscore challenge that is being hosted right here on the site.

Remembering Angela Peterson, Gamer Chick

On November 29th, 2009, just two weeks after her 24th birthday, Angela N. Peterson was killed in a car accident by a drunk driver. Angie was a special person. She was a daughter, a girlfriend, a best friend, an avid gamer, a spectacular UNLV student, and the list can go on forever. What was most striking about Angie was her open mind and her ability to care so much for so many people.

Whether speaking of Angie’s approach to life or to school, she truly upheld the creed of equality among all, regardless of race, gender, religion, academic interest, or personal taste. She was a true Anthropologist, in that her enthusiasm spanned all specialties of the academic field. In friendship, she cultivated a mass of friends from various backgrounds. Her gaming choices ranged from role-playing games (RPGs) and platformers to shooters and action-adventures.

Stacey Aragon (friend and mentor) remembers Angie:

Just a few of the countless memories I have of Angie include going to Anime Expo in 2009, over the 4th of July weekend, where she met Rocco of the infamous Mega 64 series; when Angie would come over to my house and reenact the whole of Advent Children with my original FFVII action figures, and the hilarity that ensued thereafter; as well as listening to her plan about upcoming summer events, like her graduation party, visiting college campuses, and attending various conferences and conventions in which she would present her latest research for kindred spirits who were just as dedicated to the study all things otaku and/or video-gaming related as she was. I will cherish each of these moments for all time.

Angie's parents will receive her double Bachelors’ of Arts (dual majors in Anthropology and Psychology, with honors) in memoriam, on her behalf, during this coming spring 2010 commencement.  Angie was researching the understudied male gothic/lolita subculture for her Anthropology studies, and self-identity and self-association in guild character creation in MMORPGs for her Psychology studies.  She recently won The UNLV Department of Anthropology's Future Anthropologist Award posthumously for her attendance at various manga, anime, and visual kei roundtable discussions and panels during Anime Expo 2009 in Los Angeles, California last summer.

In honor of her memory, the Hormones and Diseases Group, Anthropology Society, Lambda Alpha, Circle K International, and Smash Club, student organizations of UNLV Games, amongst others, will be holding the Angela N. Peterson Memorial Fundraiser (aka ‘Angie-Con’).  The fundraiser is a video game tournament which will be held on Thursday, April 22, 2010 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Prizes will range in value depending on level of difficulty. You can join that event on Facebook.

In addition, a Gamerscore Challenge on the 360Voice.com will take place during the three weeks surrounding this event from April 12 – May 2, 2010. During which, participants may submit donations and compete to achieve the greatest number of achievements on their Xbox 360 gaming console within the allotted time, as well as enter for the chance to win gift cards, games, and mystery prizes.

Proceeds will benefit the UNLV Angela N. Peterson Memorial Scholarship, the national Child’s Play Charity, and the UMC Children’s Hospital in Las Vegas. 

Child’s Play (http://www.childsplaycharity.org/) is a community based charity of over 100,000 gamers worldwide. Since its inception in 2003, Child’s Play has provided over 5 million dollars in donations of toys, games, books and cash for sick kids in children’s hospitals across North America and the world.

We are asking for your help in honoring a special woman whose life was taken too soon and to contribute to Child’s Play by either making a donation towards our cause or participating in either the live event or the online competition. Thank you.

To join the Gamerscore challenge, please do the following.

Visit the Angela Nichole Peterson Memorial Fundraising Page at http://firstgiving.com/angelanpeterson and give $1 or more to support The Child's Play Charity in Angie's memory. Enter your name and gamertag, e.g. 'Angie aka ClumsyDrow' in your name view (NOT your billing info)Enter '360v for Angie' in the comments section of your donation details.Join her Memorial Gamerscore Challenge at http://www.360voice.com/join/Y4TWH4M1 by 4/11/10

If you are not the competitive type and still want to support the cause, you can also donate and join the memorial 360voice Group at http://360voice.gamerdna.com/group/1548 by 5/1/10 to qualify for a random prize drawing as well.

Note: The drawing and prizes are not sponsored by 360voice in any way. We are not responsible for the drawing or awarding of prizes. We are simply hosting the challenge, the group, and promoting this because we think it is a great cause.

For more information about any of this, direct all questions to Stacey Aragon, Special Events Coordinator of The Hormones & Diseases Group via ataristacey@gmail.com

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Can I donate with paypal? My GT is P manning MVP.

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Shocktober Registration Gamer Picture

Downloading the Shocktober Gamer Picture enters legal residents of Canada (excluding Quebec), UK, and US into the Xbox LIVE Marketplace Shocktober Download and Win Prize Draw, and gives Microsoft permission to contact you in connection with the Prize Draw. Prize Draw ends October 31, 2010. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN PRIZE DRAW. Skill testing question required for Canadian winners. For details, including free, alternate method of entry, www.xbox.com/en-US/community/events/shocktober/rules.htm.

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Super Meat Boy

Super Meat Boy is a tough as nails platformer where you play as an animated cube of meat who's trying to save his girlfriend (who happens to be made of bandages) from an evil fetus in a jar wearing a tux. Our meaty hero will leap from walls, over seas of buzz saws, through crumbling caves and pools of old needles. Sacrificing his own well being to save his damsel in distress. Super Meat Boy brings the old school difficulty of classic retro titles we all know and love and stream lines them down to the essential no bull straight forward twitch reflex platforming. Ramping up in difficulty from hard to soul crushing SMB will drag Meat boy though haunted hospitals, salt factories and even hell itself. And if 300+ single player levels weren't enough SMB also throws in epic boss fights, tons of unlock able secrets, warp zones and hidden characters.

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